ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,169, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MANIFATTURA PRI.MA TEX S.R.L. (Prato, Italy).

"Textile article for motorcyclist protective clothing" was invented by Christian Priami (Scarperia e San Pietro, Italy) and Simone Shiocchetto (Capraia e Limite, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective fabric is described, preferably for motorcyclist professional clothing, said monolayer or coupled fabric comprising at least two coupled fabrics which surprisingly meets all the requirements of the applicable reference standards for abrasion, cut and burst resistance, while maintaining unchanged exceptional characteristics of softness, breat...